Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Den stood at the opposite side of the grave with Tommy Drennan , each with a cord ready to help lay Celia and Dermot Murphy to rest . |
| 2 | A major exhibition of Tibetan art opened at the Royal Academy on 18 September as reports are coming out of Tibet that the Chinese have recently completed the ‘ restoration ’ of the Dalai Lama 's Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa . |
| 3 | After a few minutes a little flame blossomed at the far corner . |
| 4 | For a moment unguarded amusement tugged at the stern line of that mouth , and lit something in the haunting depth of those eyes . |
| 5 | A white sink shone at the far end , some sort of covered porcelain bucket underneath it . |
| 6 | In the dark of the year the little penguin gazed at the wild lights of Aurora 's Dancers whirling above her . |
| 7 | A sneering face gazed at the caged men . |
| 8 | The fat Nubian nodded at the little girl from the south , who primped and giggled . |
| 9 | Alice sought out Mary and they watched appreciatively as the two strong , tall , graceful , beautifully built young men whirled each other about , endured two dog falls — draws — and only after several lengthy spasms of athletic tussling arrived at the deciding fall . |
| 10 | ‘ As the sexy songbird marvelled at the underwater wildlife , the huge maneater moved in to make a meal of the talented star , ’ reported the Sport . |
| 11 | A tall man waited at the stable entrance of the lodging house where Lucille Castineau had rented two attic rooms . |
| 12 | In other words , the real cost of employing labour rose at the same rate as productivity — over 3 per cent a year ( figure 8.3 ) . |
| 13 | A large man and a small boy appeared at the other end of the platform : she hobbled on her heels , humping her heavy suitcase , towards them . |
| 14 | Stewart 's only birdie came at the short fourth , where her ball agonisingly finished on the lip of the hole . |
| 15 | A pack of stray dogs on the far bank tore at the sodden carcase of a dead sheep . |
| 16 | Indeed it had and the Nonconformist minister stood at the very centre of the Nonconformist world we are discussing . |
| 17 | But the previously all-conquering pack creaked at the set pieces , where the much-improved Irish achieved parity . |
| 18 | The Upper Mill stood at the western end of the village , and was always a corn mill . |
| 19 | The other girl giggled at the threatening note in Rory 's voice . |
| 20 | As a clue to that significance we might first recall the way in which the laws regarding menstruation and childbirth and this new circumcision appeared at the same time in the history of the Jewish people , and remember what was earlier said about the nature — culture dichotomy and the need of culture to control or impose itself upon what it deems to be nature . |
| 21 | There was no sound from within the cell , though the prisoner 's little lamp was lighted , its faint glow showed at the high , barred window . |
| 22 | The young woman glanced at the scrying glass . |
| 23 | The orchestra played louder — the young man sniffed at the white carnation in his buttonhole and wrinkled his nose in an upper-class fashion . |
| 24 | A Soviet official argued at the same time that Warsaw Pact proposals on the non-expansion of military-political groupings in Europe and on limiting the scale of military exercises also involved the interests of the non-aligned countries since ‘ the tendency towards expanding the NATO bloc directly affects the newly independent countries ’ . |
| 25 | Blue raincoat pointed at the open door , then went back to the car . |
| 26 | One further return to Carolingian precedent occurred at the very end of Louis VII 's reign , when coinage from the king 's mints and bearing his image began to circulate outside the royal demesne for the first time since the late ninth century . |
| 27 | Thessy 's scared face appeared at the other cabin door , but I shook my head at him , mimicked sleep , and he ducked back inside . |